6 | National News EDUCATION | Over 4,000 institutions to be supplied with electricity by June under ambitious project Plan to power schools for laptops More than 3,000 teachers trained to instruct others in counties, MPs told BY OUMA WANZALA @Iwanzala owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com M ore than 4,000 primary schools will be supplied with electricity before June to ensure they implement the free laptops project. So far, about 10,157 schools have already been connected to electricity. Those that are far from a power line will have to rely on solar energy. Kenya has 20,367 primary schools with 10.5 million pupils. Of these, about 1.2 million will be supplied with free laptops. On February 6, the tender for the supply of the laptops was awarded to Olive Telecommunication PVT Limited at a cost of Sh24.7 billion. Besides the laptops, the company will also supply projectors and printers to each school. Dr Belio Kipsang, the Principal Secretary for Education told the Education, Science and Technology Committee of the National Assembly — which is chaired by Ms Sabina Chege — that the government will save Sh8 billion under the new contract. In the earlier one which was cancelled, the lowest bidder had quoted about Sh32 billion. “Pupils joining Class One will be given a laptop while a whole school access approach will be implemented in the second and third years of implementation in which learners will access a laptop on need basis,” he said. The content for Standard One pupils has been piloted in 40 primary schools to ensure that it meets curriculum ‘‘ objectives. Content for Standard Three to Standard Eight is being developed. “Mechanisms have been de- veloped to vet digital content developed by other publishers,” Dr Kipsang said. He acknowledged that schools were, at present, not prepared for digital learning with a PC to pupil ratio of 1:1,000. Only about 200 schools have functional ICT equipment. Since 2004, an ICT curriculum has been in place in teacher training colleges. “Over the period, a pool Mechanisms have been developed to vet digital content developed by other publishers.” Dr Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary of 72,000 teachers have been trained and possess ICT competence though majority of them are still unemployed,” Dr Kipsang said. Most of the serving 180,000 teachers in primary schools lack ICT literacy and need to be trained. Dr Kipsang said that in Nai- robi about 700 teachers had been trained and were ready to use the devices for teaching and learning. Training for other teachers is expected to be completed by April. At least 3,000 teachers have been trained to train their colleagues in counties. Each of these is expected to train at least three teachers. DAILY NATION Monday February 17, 2014 BRIEFLY NAKURU Three shot dead over highway robbery bid Police yesterday gunned down three suspected gangsters on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway and recovered a loaded rifle from them. Nakuru police boss Bernard Kioko said the three were in a saloon car, which they had driven from Nairobi with the intention of robbing motorists along the busy road. He said officers intercepted the vehicle near Kibunja trading centre. “The rifle was loaded with 150 bullets,” Mr Kioko told the Nation on the phone. KISUMU Honda launches assembly factory Bodabodas are set to benefit JACOB OWITI | NATION Pupils from Saoset Primary School in Bomet during a public event at the weekend. A parliamentary committee has been told that in the second and third year of the laptops project, the gadgets will have content for Standard One to Eight. Verify exam listing data, candidates told BY NATION CORRESPONDENT Candidates set to sit this year’s national exams have been asked to be extra careful when submitting registration details as no changes will be made after the deadline. Kenya National Exami- nations Council secretary Paul Wasanga (below) in a circular to county directors of education and district education officers has said that Knec will not make any amendments after close of the registration period and “candidates are therefore asked to ensure accuracy of the registration data.” “All heads of institutions and district education heads registering private candidates are asked to note th no keyi ing of of can details March the circular It co “there late reg candid the clos registr and rec of reg t ra t i o materi by Knec.” In as such, the last form should be signed by the candidates to accredit that all the details they have submitted are accurate. Candidates have until March 31 to register for the examination and can do so by logging onto the council’s website, www.knec-portal.ac.ke, and download the registration forms. Knec has maintained that no hard copies will be accepted. ‘No hard copies of photographs should be submitted to Knec by private candidates and schools presenting candidates for the 2014 KCPE and KCSE registration,’ reads the circular. School heads are also t t g e e s. | National News EDUCATION | Over 4,000 institutions to be supplied with electricity by June under ambitious project Plan to power schools for laptops More than 3,000 teachers trained to instruct others in counties, MPs told BY OUMA WANZALA @Iwanzala owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com M ore than 4,000 pri- mary schools will be supplied with electricity before June to ensure they implement the free laptops project. So far, about 10,157 schools have already been connected to electricity. Those that are far from a power line will have to rely on solar energy. Kenya has 20,367 primary schools with 10.5 million pupils. Of these, about 1.2 million will be supplied with free laptops. On February 6, the tender for the supply of the lap- tops was awarded to Olive Telecommunication PVT Limited at a cost of Sh24.7 billion. Besides the laptops, the company will also sup- ply projectors and printers to each school. Dr Belio Kipsang, the Prin- cipal Secretary for Education told the Education, Science and Technology Committee of the National Assembly — which is chaired by Ms Sabina Chege — that the government will save Sh8 billion under the new contract. In the earlier one which was cancelled, the lowest bidder had quoted about Sh32 billion. “Pupils joining Class One will be given a laptop while a whole school access ap- proach will be implemented in the second and third years of implementation in which learners will access a laptop on need basis,” he said. The content for Standard One pupils has been piloted in 40 primary schools to en- sure that it meets curriculum ‘‘ objectives. Content for Stand- ard Three to Standard Eight is being developed. “Mechanisms have been de- veloped to vet digital content developed by other publish- ers,” Dr Kipsang said. He acknowledged that schools were, at present, not prepared for digital learning with a PC to pupil ratio of 1:1,000. Only about 200 schools have functional ICT equipment. Since 2004, an ICT cur- riculum has been in place in teacher training colleges. “Over the period, a pool Mechanisms have been developed to vet digital content developed by other publishers.” Dr Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary of 72,000 teachers have been trained and possess ICT competence though majority of them are still unemployed,” Dr Kipsang said. Most of the serving 180,000 teachers in primary schools lack ICT literacy and need to be trained. Dr Kipsang said that in Nai- robi about 700 teachers had been trained and were ready to use the devices for teach- ing and learning. Training for other teachers is expected to be completed by April. At least 3,000 teachers have been trained to train their colleagues in counties. Each of these is expected to train at least three teachers. DAILY NATION Monday February 17, 2014 BRIEFLY NAKURU Three shot dead over highway robbery bid Police yesterday gunned down three suspected gangsters on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway and recovered a loaded rifle from them. Nakuru police boss Ber- nard Kioko said the three were in a saloon car, which they had driven from Nairobi with the intention of robbing motorists along the busy road. He said officers intercepted the vehicle near Kibunja trading centre. “The rifle was loaded with 150 bullets,” Mr Kioko told the Nation on the phone. KISUMU Honda launches assembly factory Bodabodas are set to benefit JACOB OWITI | NATION Pupils from Saoset Primary School in Bomet during a public event at the weekend. A parliamentary committee has been told that in the second and third year of the laptops project, the gadgets will have content for Standard One to Eight. Verify exam listing data, candidates told BY NATION CORRESPONDENT Candidates set to sit this year’s national exams have been asked to be extra careful when submitting registration details as no changes will be made after the deadline. Kenya National Exami- nations Council secretary Paul Wasanga (below) in a circular to county directors of education and district education officers has said that Knec will not make any amendments after close of the registration period and “candidates are therefore asked to ensure accuracy of the registration data.” “All heads of institutions and district education heads registering private candidates are asked to note th no keyi ing of of can details March the circular It co “there late reg candid the clos registr and rec of reg t ra t i o materi by Knec.” In as such, the last form should be signed by the can- didates to accredit that all the details they have sub- mitted are accurate. Candidates have until March 31 to register for the examination and can do so by logging onto the council’s website, www.knec-portal.ac.ke, and download the registration forms. Knec has maintained that no hard copies will be accepted. ‘No hard copies of photographs should be submitted to Knec by private candidates and schools presenting candi- dates for the 2014 KCPE and KCSE registration,’ reads the circular. School heads are also t t g e e s. g g r, ional News EDUCATION | Over 4,000 institutions to be supplied with electricity by June under ambitious project Plan to power schools for laptops More than 3,000 teachers trained to instruct others in counties, MPs told BY OUMA WANZALA @Iwanzala owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com M ore than 4,000 pri- mary schools will be supplied with electricity before June to ensure they implement the free laptops project. So far, about 10,157 schools have already been connected to electricity. Those that are far from a power line will have to rely on solar energy. Kenya has 20,367 primary schools with 10.5 million pupils. Of these, about 1.2 million will be supplied with free laptops. On February 6, the tender for the supply of the lap- tops was awarded to Olive Telecommunication PVT Limited at a cost of Sh24.7 billion. Besides the laptops, the company will also sup- ply projectors and printers to each school. Dr Belio Kipsang, the Prin- cipal Secretary for Education told the Education, Science and Technology Committee of the National Assembly — which is chaired by Ms Sabina Chege — that the government will save Sh8 billion under the new contract. In the earlier one which was cancelled, the lowest bidder had quoted about Sh32 billion. “Pupils joining Class One will be given a laptop while a whole school access ap- proach will be implemented in the second and third years of implementation in which learners will access a laptop on need basis,” he said. The content for Standard One pupils has been piloted in 40 primary schools to en- sure that it meets curriculum ‘‘ objectives. Content for Stand- ard Three to Standard Eight is being developed. “Mechanisms have been de- veloped to vet digital content developed by other publish- ers,” Dr Kipsang said. He acknowledged that schools were, at present, not prepared for digital learning with a PC to pupil ratio of 1:1,000. Only about 200 schools have functional ICT equipment. Since 2004, an ICT cur- riculum has been in place in teacher training colleges. “Over the period, a pool Mechanisms have been developed to vet digital content developed by other publishers.” Dr Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary of 72,000 teachers have been trained and possess ICT competence though majority of them are still unemployed,” Dr Kipsang said. Most of the serving 180,000 teachers in primary schools lack ICT literacy and need to be trained. Dr Kipsang said that in Nai- robi about 700 teachers had been trained and were ready to use the devices for teach- ing and learning. Training for other teachers is expected to be completed by April. At least 3,000 teachers have been trained to train their colleagues in counties. Each of these is expected to train at least three teachers. DAILY NATION Monday February 17, 2014 BRIEFLY NAKURU Three shot dead over highway robbery bid Police yesterday gunned down three suspected gangsters on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway and recovered a loaded rifle from them. Nakuru police boss Ber- nard Kioko said the three were in a saloon car, which they had driven from Nairobi with the intention of robbing motorists along the busy road. He said officers intercepted the vehicle near Kibunja trading centre. “The rifle was loaded with 150 bullets,” Mr Kioko told the Nation on the phone. KISUMU Honda launches assembly factory Bodabodas are set to benefit JACOB OWITI | NATION Pupils from Saoset Primary School in Bomet during a public event at the weekend. A parliamentary committee has been told that in the second and third year of the laptops project, the gadgets will have content for Standard One to Eight. Verify exam listing data, candidates told BY NATION CORRESPONDENT Candidates set to sit this year’s national exams have been asked to be extra careful when submitting registration details as no changes will be made after the deadline. Kenya National Exami- nations Council secretary Paul Wasanga (below) in a circular to county directors of education and district education officers has said that Knec will not make any amendments after close of the registration period and “candidates are therefore asked to ensure accuracy of the registration data.” “All heads of institutions and district education heads registering private candidates are asked to note th no keyi ing of of can details March the circular It co “there late reg candid the clos registr and rec of reg t ra t i o materi by Knec.” In as such, the last form should be signed by the can- didates to accredit that all the details they have sub- mitted are accurate. Candidates have until March 31 to register for the examination and can do so by logging onto the council’s website, www.knec-portal.ac.ke, and download the registration forms. Knec has maintained that no hard copies will be accepted. ‘No hard copies of photographs should be submitted to Knec by private candidates and schools presenting candi- dates for the 2014 KCPE and KCSE registration,’ reads the circular. School heads are also t t g e e s. g r, Nairobi Nairobi Governor Evans Ki- dero is pushing for a law that will ban consumption of imported sugar in the city and cushion domestic industries from bad competition. Speaking at Shibembe Primary School in Butere at a funeral service, Dr Kidero (above) vowed to ensure that Nairobi Assembly passes the law demanding that residents use local sugar. He argued that it was not possible that most sugar finding its way to the local market was from Comesa given the fact that the bloc faced a huge deficit. MERU Governor pledges to buy vehicle for police Meru Governor Peter Munya has pledged that his government will allocate money to buy a patrol vehicle for police officers in the Kanuni ward of Igembe South Sub-County. He said this is aimed at improving security in the area. He spoke at the weekend when he presided over the signing of a memorandum of association between members of the Tumutumu Water Project and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. He said he will also buy solar panels for AP camps. from a partnership between the Kisumu County and Honda following the launch of the firm’s motorcycle assembly plant in the region. The factory would serve riders in the county and boost trade, according to Governor Jack Ranguma. Honda representative to Kenya Shansuke Miyazaki said the plant would help reduce the cost of owning a motorcycle as buyers would not need to travel to other towns to buy a new motorcycle or replace parts. KAKAMEGA Kidero plans to ban imported sugar in city